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- George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian) 12
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- Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian) 5
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Archival training tapes, foundation and museum beginnings
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55693
- Part Of
- Maryalice Harvey Stewart fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of three cassettes pertaining to archival training for staff at the Whyte Museum, recorded by Maryalice Harvey Stewart in 1973; and one tape reel recording of Maryalice discussing the origins of the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation and the Whyte Museum, dated 1969.
- Date Range
- 1969
- 1973
- Reference Code
- S13 / I / A / 1 to 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Part Of
- Maryalice Harvey Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M9
- S13
- V605
- Series
- S13 / I : Professional records
- Sous-Fonds
- S13
- Sub-Series
- S13 / I / A : Archives of the Canadian Rockies records
- Accession Number
- 7412
- Reference Code
- S13 / I / A / 1 to 4
- Date Range
- 1969
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 4 sound recordings : 3 cassettes, 1 recording film reel
- Scope & Content
- File consists of three cassettes pertaining to archival training for staff at the Whyte Museum, recorded by Maryalice Harvey Stewart in 1973; and one tape reel recording of Maryalice discussing the origins of the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation and the Whyte Museum, dated 1969.
- Notes
- Contents of file: S13 / I / A / 1 to 3 : "Archive Training" tapes 1 to 3 (July 31, 1973) S13 / I / A / 4 : "MHS - work tape Feb 6, 1969", recording by Maryalice about Whyte Foundation and Whyte Museum beginnings
- Name Access
- Stewart, Maryalice Harvey
- Subject Access
- Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation
- Employment
- Education
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Category
- Education
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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At Lake O'Hara
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.060
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.060
- Description
- Lake O’Hara beyond a rocky outcrop in foreground.
1 image
- Title
- At Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Lake O’Hara beyond a rocky outcrop in foreground.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Lake O’Hara
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.060
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Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwbg.04.087
- Date
- 1963
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WbG.04.087
- Description
- Wildflowers and black trees in foreground, Athabasca Glacier in distance.
- Title
- Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield
- Date
- 1963
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.7 x 29.4 cm
- Description
- Wildflowers and black trees in foreground, Athabasca Glacier in distance.
- Credit
- Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004
- Catalogue Number
- WbG.04.087
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Athabasca Valley and River, B.C.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthuw.02.03
- Date
- 1914
- Medium
- oil on paperboard
- Catalogue Number
- HuW.02.03
- Description
- Mountain range dominates top half of the picture, small glacier on one mountain. Foreground is a dark blue river with white currents. Forest at centre right and centre left. Yellow tinged river valley.
- Title
- Athabasca Valley and River, B.C.
- Date
- 1914
- Medium
- oil on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 90.6 x 103.5 cm
- Description
- Mountain range dominates top half of the picture, small glacier on one mountain. Foreground is a dark blue river with white currents. Forest at centre right and centre left. Yellow tinged river valley.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- river
- valley
- Athabasca
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994
- Catalogue Number
- HuW.02.03
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- Date
- 1915 – 1918
- Material
- fibre; skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1027
- Description
- Outside metal frame, Erling Strom's, Bergen brand, shaped metal tubualar frame, waist bar curved, canvas sack attaced at top by leather piece and at bottom sides, top of sack has grommets through which rope is laced to close, flap goes over top , 2 leather straps that buckle onto main sack, webbed …
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- Title
- Backpack
- Date
- 1915 – 1918
- Material
- fibre; skin; metal
- Description
- Outside metal frame, Erling Strom's, Bergen brand, shaped metal tubualar frame, waist bar curved, canvas sack attaced at top by leather piece and at bottom sides, top of sack has grommets through which rope is laced to close, flap goes over top , 2 leather straps that buckle onto main sack, webbed waist band, leather shoulder straps are rivetted at top, adjustable buckle at bottom.
- Credit
- Gift of Erling Strom, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1027
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- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.02.01
- Description
- General colour: greens, pink, blue, mauve and purple. Mount Rundle in broad impressionistic strokes. “GLYDE 62” aigned in black in the brhc.
1 image
- Title
- Banff 1962
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Dimensions
- 26.1 x 33.6 cm
- Description
- General colour: greens, pink, blue, mauve and purple. Mount Rundle in broad impressionistic strokes. “GLYDE 62” aigned in black in the brhc.
- Subject
- landscape
- Mount Rundle
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of eisler, Edmonton, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.02.01
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Banff and Lake Louise Slide Show - Series III [1/2]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions1852
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 40 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1977 into a show from slides pertaining to various summertime trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Topics include mountains [mostly those located around the town of Banff], mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, …
- Date Range
- [ca. 1960-1977]
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - III / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Transparency
80 images
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- II.C. Activities / photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V225
- Sub-Series
- ii.a.ii Photographic material / transparencies / carousels
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - III / 2
- GMD
- Film
- Transparency
- Parallel Title
- Selected slides series III Can R reel II show Fall 1977. -- [before 1977] V225 / 24
- Date Range
- [ca. 1960-1977]
- Physical Description
- 40 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 40 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1977 into a show from slides pertaining to various summertime trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Topics include mountains [mostly those located around the town of Banff], mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, and various other scenic views around Banff, Lake Louise, and Moraine Lake. Titles: 1. R178-7 L.G at Crowfoot GLacier 2. B28-29 Mt Aberdeen - girls on rocks 3. B28-30 Rainbow at L.L. 4. B74-23 Abbots Pass 5. B73-38 Horses at Mirror Lake 6. CH '49 Birds nest, portrait lens 13in 7. CH Ducks nest 8. CH '51 Birds nest 9. CH '51 Chalice cup 10. R171-8 Calice cup 11. CH White vetch 12. CH '51 Turks cap lily Toby Creek 13. CH Vetch 14. CH Black Hornets 15. CH Nest of Black Hornets 16. CH Moth on pink flower 17. CH '58 Butterfly blue green & black border 18. CH '58 [Butterfly] yellow w. [black] spots 19. CH '58 [Butterfly] black & white 20. CH Pink heather 21. CH Calypso - Rungius 22. CH Purple Hedysarum 23. CH '51 Purple Hedysarum 24. R169-23Avalanche lily 25. CH '56 Flower gardens on island Palliser Pass 26. CH '55 Corral Creek 27. B31 19 Ski meet - View towards L.L. 28. B31 20 [Ski meet] Trail until flower 29. B31 21 [Ski meet] Horse on glacier 30. B31 22 Ski meet - crowd on rock 1960 31. B31 23 Skiers on snow 32. B31 24 Ski meet 33. B31 25 [Ski meet] & slopes Abbot Pass in b.g 34. B31 26 [Ski meet] 35. B31 27 Slalom poles & skiers 36. B31 28 [Slalom poles & skiers] 37. B31 29 [Slalom] slope 38. B31 30 [illegible] 6 people 39. B31 15 Flowers - stone crop 40. B31 32 Watyeks 8 people 41. B31 33 Teepees in meadow 42. B31 38 MacArthur & reflections 43. Reel 99-17 [Blank] 44. B73 29 Mary at Lake 45. B72 38 Icefield Chalet 46. B1 36 Tourists at Peyto Lookout 47. B2-10 Canyon at Bow Lakes 48. R179-3 Murray [illegible] fishing chephroe[?] 49. R175 5 Mt Shaeffer from Moose Lake 50. B2-17 MSC & Polly at Mary Lake 51. B2-21 Pool near Mary Lake 52. B2-15 [Pool near Mary Lake] 53. B2-8 Coveney on Trail Bow L. 54. R178-14 Bow Lake 55. R106-9 [Bow Lake] 56. R178-8 [Bow Lake] 57. B9-11 Numtijah Lodge 58. B9-10 Bow Lakes 59. B73-16 Mitchell Hut 60. B73-14 Skyline Camp 61. B30-38 Edw & Martha 62. B23-14 2 on rock 63. B23 23 Party on Opabin 64. B23-1 O'Hara & cabins 65. B23-25 Frozen L. Opabin 66. B23-24 Two & lake frozen 67. B23-27 L.G - opabin 68. B23-32 Fr Goat Cabin I 69. B24-11 Crowd oesa 70. B24-12 Vallances oesa 71. B24-14 Oesa frozen & L.G 72. B24-16 [illegible] on Oesa Ledges 73. B24-18 Falls near Oesa 74. B24-9 Enroute to oesa 75. B24-22 A at oesa frozen 76. B269-13 Party at Schafer cairn 77. B24-26 Party & Ringrose 78. B24-31 Water Lake & fishermen 79. B25-6 O'Hara fr. odaray 80. B24-30 Aileen, lake & odaray
- Notes
- Please note: Behavior towards wildlife, primarily human proximity and feeding, is outdated and no longer tolerated throughout all National Parks - do not feed or approach wildlife. Slides originally in Kodak Carousel 80 slide tray.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Rungius, Carl
- Vallance, Sydney
- Subject Access
- Abbot Pass Hut
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Avalanches
- Backpacking
- Banff
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Birds
- Boats
- Boat House
- Cabins and shelters
- Camps
- Canoes and canoeing
- Climbing
- Club
- Elk
- Entertainment
- Environment
- Environment and Nature
- First Nations
- Flowers
- Geography
- Glaciers
- Guides
- Guiding
- Hiking
- Holidays
- Horses
- Huts
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake O'Hara region
- Landscapes
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Mountain Goat
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- National parks and reserves
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Pack trains
- Pack trips
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Portrait
- Recreation
- Scenery
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Stoney Nakoda First Nations
- Tavel
- Trails
- Trains
- Travel
- Wildlife
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Boom Lake
- Kootenay National Park
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Canmore
- Lake O'Hara
- Yoho National Park
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Slides rehoused into protective sleeves and acid-free folders after scanning.
- Related Material
- M67 / II / C / i / c / 56 / 6 ; M67 / 51 [notebook of original slide orders]
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Road, West of Calgary.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.25
- Date
- 1963
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.25
- Description
- General colour: blue, brown. Lower third is brown fields with a few vague structures here and there. Upper two thirds are blue mountain range and clouded sky.
- Title
- Banff Road, West of Calgary.
- Date
- 1963
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.3 x 25.3 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue, brown. Lower third is brown fields with a few vague structures here and there. Upper two thirds are blue mountain range and clouded sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.25
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Before the White Man Came
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.30
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.30
- Description
- The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.
1 image
- Title
- Before the White Man Came
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 11.3 x 16.3 cm
- Description
- The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1978
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.30
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Below Hanging Gardens at Lake O'Hara
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.365
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.365
- Description
- In the immediate foreground a piece of dead tree is sitting in the colorful grass. The tree extends from the br to the bl with limbs reaching upward into the painting. The top quarter of this image is a dark grey sky that looks like storm is on it's way. The mid ground area is assorted colors of gr…
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- Title
- Below Hanging Gardens at Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.3 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- In the immediate foreground a piece of dead tree is sitting in the colorful grass. The tree extends from the br to the bl with limbs reaching upward into the painting. The top quarter of this image is a dark grey sky that looks like storm is on it's way. The mid ground area is assorted colors of grass and flowers ranging from different colours of orange and yellow to reds and violets and greens. On both sides of the image in the upper sections there are green trees. One tree ia located on the tr and a small group of three or four are situated in the tl area.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.365
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